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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    How do you know that isn't what Steve meant? Anyway, he can't un-say it now - "Hard cheese" as Terry was apt to say. Bet no one can name the film that came from!
    Along with .. ‘ I say..’


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    Barry

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    Quote Originally Posted by SteveW View Post
    Hello Marco!
    You’ll have to spend less time with dem Wrexham homies.. it’s rubbin off! LOL

    Been quite a year. Fiona diagnosis this summer has seen her just finish chemo.
    That’s been all consuming -

    Will drop you a line soon.. quite a few changes underway!!
    Splendid - look forward to it. Sorry to hear about Fiona, that's a bit of a shock! I wish her the very best.

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    "You're an absolute shower"
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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    Facial or golden?

    Marco.
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    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


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    Could be either knowing the army. It's a term Terry Thomas used several times in his films,
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    I was going to say that. The one where Ian Carmichael gets conned into buying that ridiculous car to impress the girl. Brilliant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lawrence001 View Post
    I was going to say that. The one where Ian Carmichael gets conned into buying that ridiculous car to impress the girl. Brilliant.
    Framed my life around that.

    Christ that Austin 1100 was good, but not sure about the crumpet quality control that followed.


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    Quote Originally Posted by SteveW View Post
    Framed my life around that.

    Christ that Austin 1100 was good, but not sure about the crumpet quality control that followed.


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    The Austin 1100 was a cute little car!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    The Austin 1100 was a cute little car!
    Nah mate. It was shit. But I was 19. Am now 62.
    Let’s think about that for a quiet minute.


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